Many people struggle to keep their houseplants alive. Okrasiuk/Shutterstock May 4, 2023 Learn to think like a plant: five questions to think about if you want to keep your houseplants healthy Chris Thorogood, University of Oxford An expert’s tips on how to keep your indoor plants looking their best.
A climate measuring station in Chile’s Atacama desert. Alexander Siegmund November 16, 2021 How plants survive in one of the driest places on Earth, and what they can tell us about climate change Alexander Siegmund, Heidelberg University of Education This hardy desert plant lives in the hostile Atacama Desert in Chile by sucking moisture out of passing fog. As water resources become ever more scarce, humans could follow suit.
The desert raisin is a member of Australia’s native bush tomato family. Mark Marathon/Wikimedia, CC BY May 3, 2019 The tasty, weed-like desert raisin plant is as big as a carpark Angela Pattison, University of Sydney Tasting like a smoky sundried tomato, the desert raisin has been a staple for Australian desert communities for thousands of years.